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The Puzzle of the Iguazu Tri-Border Area: Many Questions and Few Answers Regarding Organised Crime and Terrorism Links

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  • Thomaz G. Costa
  • Gastón H. Schulmeister

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It is widely accepted that the Tri-Border Area between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay is a nexus in global terrorist support, and perhaps even operations. However, it is rather more difficult actually to provide evidence of this connection. The region is certainly a smuggling haven, and has substantial populations from the Middle East. Beyond remittances sent to the Middle East -- some of which flows to such organisations as Hezbollah -- there is little hard evidence available to the academic researcher. Thus the study of this purported crime-terror nexus provides a valuable opportunity for academic researchers to question the assumptions and assertions of policy-makers and pundits, push for transparency of information on the reality of the region and even help understand the problem better.

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  • Thomaz G. Costa & Gastón H. Schulmeister, 2007. "The Puzzle of the Iguazu Tri-Border Area: Many Questions and Few Answers Regarding Organised Crime and Terrorism Links," Global Crime, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(1), pages 26-39, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fglcxx:v:8:y:2007:i:1:p:26-39
    DOI: 10.1080/17440570601121845
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